In 2015, an NYU Wagner School Capstone team made projections on the near future of the East Village. After spending a year analyzing trends, policy, and plans, the students prepared a report and presentation on the projected effects of change on residents and the neighborhood’s character. Anticipating and Adapting to Community Changes in the East Village NYU […]
Tag: preservation
Rally for Mary Help of Christians!
Wednesday, May 15th, 5pm, meet at 12th and A […]
Historic East Village Structure Needs Your Support!
We need your support in asking the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to designate the Russian Orthodox Cathedral, at 59-63 East 2nd Street, as a Landmark. The LPC held a hearing in March for landmark designation but did not take a vote at the hearing. The Cathedral was constructed in 1891, designed by the reknowned architect […]
East Village Landmarks Hearing!
Russian Orthodox Cathedral – 59 E 2nd Street PLEASE ATTEND AND TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THIS HISTORIC STRUCTURE! In 2008 EVCC became aware of plans to erect an eight-story condo tower atop the Russian Orthodox Cathedral at 59 E 2nd Street in our neighborhood. Thankfully that threat is gone, due in large part to […]
Save This Synagogue
The EVCC joins a coalition of groups that want to preserve the 98-year-old Mezeritz Synagogue On August 14, the East Village Community Coalition was the lead organizer of a press conference about the future of a historic synagogue at 415 East 6 Street: The Adas Yisroel Anshe Mezeritz Synagogue. For a variety of reasons, it […]
P.S. 64 – CHARAS, El Bohio: A History
One hundred years of education, culture, community, and controversy from 1904 to 2004 by Roland Legiardi-Laura Ground was broken on June 12th, 1904 for the city’s newest public school construction project just three days before the worst civilian disaster in American history (prior to 9/11). More than 1000 people, mostly women and children died when […]
